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[moz4pm]

I went to two this year, Open'er in Poland which I wouldnt recommend, no atmosphere and you can only drink heineken. The other was optimus Alive in Lisbon which is kinda like Wireless festival in that it doesnt have a campsite but its the best festival i've been to and Metallica were awesome.

[bobtrue]

TG24, on Oct 30 2009, 01:57 PM, said:

Lowlands. Its a kickass festival, though the percentage of Brits has increased over the years...

this one, i've been the last two years and have yet to encounter any brits tbh.

[the_derminator]

Spirit of Burgas in Bulgaria is well worth checking out (www.spiritofburgas.com). Takes place around mid-to-late August.

It's fairly new, so it doesnt get rammed like some of the bigger festivals. The flipside is you don't get the stellar depth of line-up that you do at more established ones, but last year they had Faith No More and Fun Lovin Criminals headlining, plus a DnB night with names like LTJ Bukem and Sub Focus - but the line-ups will only get stronger as it gets more established.

The festival itself - and the campsite - are both right on the beach, which is really cool. You can just dance barefoot in the sand. Best of all, though, Bulgaria is dirt-cheap (even in the festival it was like 2 euro for a beer).

Derm

[Festival Point]

I reckon Lowlands in Holland is up there with the best festivals I've been to in Europe, in terms of line-up, organisation, crowd, atmosphere etc...hard to beat!

I live in Amsterdam & there are also quite a lot of smaller festivals in Netherlands (& in the rest of europe), Dance events and big band nights, going on throughout the year, even in winter. They attract big names @ great venues for very cheap (compared to UK)! Here's an example of one you probably never heard of...

State-X New Forms Festival

...with Peaches, Battles & Gary Numan...imagine that!

You can normally get cheap flights to NL amongst other places...stuff like this could make the wait until the summer festival season starts a little more bearable!

[diogo]

I recommend you portuguese festivals, because I'm from portugal and I never went to a non-portuguese festival.

Optimus Alive - A city festival with great line-ups, good weather and also good conditions (Pearl Jam is the only name confirmed) (90euros for 3-day pass)

http://www.optimusalive.com/en.html#/ (this site it's for the 09edition)

Paredes de Coura - A festival in a beautiful place, with campsite, very good atmosphere, very good line-ups. I go there since 2007 and I hope Iwill go for a lot of years more. (70euros for the 4-day pass)

http://www.paredesde...om/en/index.php

Could you make sugestions about european festivals?